Posted: 9:37 AM Chattanooga police say the discovery of a woman's body in the Tennessee River has become a homicide investigation.

Updated: 10:16 AM City officials have dedicated a portion of Beale Street in memory of sanitation workers, whose strike brought the late Martin Luther King Jr. to the city where he was assassinated.

Posted: 6:00 AM Police Chief Paul Blackwell said the city thought it would be meaningful to recognize the veterans in the area and salute them for their service.

Posted: 5:52 AM The legislation sponsored by Republican Rep. Eric Watson of Cleveland passed the House Civil Justice Committee on a voice vote on Wednesday.

Posted: 5:43 AM A House committee has approved a measure linking a family's welfare benefits to student performance a day after Gov. Bill Haslam expressed serious reservations about the measure.

Updated: 5:53 AM Dozens of missing pet fliers posted on U.T.'s campus are part of a student prank

Posted: 1:36 PM An equipment failure knocked out nearly 5,000 land telephone lines in the Dunlap area early Tuesday. So a state emergency management official went to Wal-Mart and bought a prepaid cellphone.

Posted: 1:33 PM The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said on Wednesday that a federal court in Memphis went too far because it banned Rashan Robert Doyle from being around his own four children.

Posted: 1:11 PM A Rhea County man who said his taking in of dogs was a rescue attempt has entered a "no contest" plea to a single count of animal cruelty.

Posted: 12:48 PM One highlight is the arrival of Ray after his arrest in London. Ray is on an airplane, having his rights read to him by Sheriff Bill Morris. Also shown is Ray's arrival at the Shelby County Jail.

Posted: 12:41 PM Police officials said the haul was worth more than $2 million. Also confiscated were a .357-caliber handgun, Xanax pills and $170,000 in cash.

Updated: 12:37 PM That area is in the New Madrid seismic zone, which the Geological Survey considers the most active zone in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.

Posted: 12:34 PM Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say federal automatic budget cuts require tough economic measures be taken.

Posted: 12:25 PM Police are searching for a man they say is on the run after he escaped from jail.

Updated: 8:38 AM Thursday marks the 45th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination in 1968. King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was felled by a rifle bullet fired by James Earl Ray.

Updated: 12:50 PM Republican state Rep. Curry Todd made the motion in the House State Government Committee on Tuesday to delay consideration of the measure until after the Legislature adjourns next year.

Posted: 5:57 AM The bill blocking access to the entire database of handgun carry permit holders no longer includes loopholes for political or lobbying groups that was included in a previous version of the measure.

Posted: 5:54 AM Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey has said he would keep it from receiving a full floor vote unless the House version that failed in committee is revived this year or next.

Posted: 5:47 AM A former employee of two Tennessee law enforcement agencies has been charged with pretending to be a deputy U.S. marshal.

Posted: 9:35 PM Former Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Beverly Hall has arrived at the Fulton County jail on charges associated with her alleged involvement in a standardized test cheating scandal.

Posted: 9:21 PM U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said foreign leaders from Japan, China and South Korea are concerned about U.S. fiscal health as tensions remain high over North Korea.

Posted: 9:16 PM A proposal to increase the fine for not wearing a seat belt has failed this session.

Updated: 5:14 AM West Tennessee town falls Victim to identity theft

Updated: 5:39 AM More than a half-million Tennesseans will be able to take advantage of premium tax credits to help pay for health coverage, according to a new study by Families USA.

Posted: 12:44 PM A Nashville woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to making false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs and diverting more than $360,000 in homeless veteran grants to her own personal use.